Impact of energy performance on transaction prices: Evidence from the apartment market in Bucharest

Journal of European Real Estate Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 57-72

  Taltavull, Paloma ^a   Anghel, Ion ^b   Ciora, Costin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bucharest; Energy performance; Pricing effects; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019883854     PISSN: 17539269     EISSN: 17539277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JERER-12-2016-0046     Document Type: Article

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